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The Internationalisation of Public Welfare Policy

Banks, James; Disney, R; Duncan, Alan; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004

With increasing globalisation of knowledge, there are increased opportunities to 'learn' from the experience ofpolicy interventions elsewhere. This paper presents evidence on the extent of international convergence inpublic policy, with particular focus on labour, welfare, savings and retirement...

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Estimating the Impact of Immigrants on the Host Country Social Security System When Return Migration is an Endogenous Choice

Kirdar, Murat G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

In this paper, I estimate the fiscal impact of immigrants on the German pension insurance (PI) and unemployment insurance (UI) systems when return migration is an endogenous choice. For this purpose, I develop a dynamic stochastic model of joint return migration and saving decisions that...

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Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience

Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

In view of the demographic trends, most EU countries face the problem of a declining work force in the future. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and pension systems) and total labor supply is of...

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Immigration Policy: Methods of Economic Assessment

DeVoretz, Don J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

This paper outlines a set of economic criteria to assess an immigrant receiving country’s immigration policy from three perspectives. These three perspectives include the resident population, the immigrant and the sending country viewpoints. An expanded version of Julian Simon’s financial...

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Growing out of Poverty: Trends and Patterns of Urban Poverty in China 1988–2002

Appleton, Simon; Song, Lina; Xia, Qingjie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

thereafter. Models of the determination of income and poverty reveal widening differentials by education, sex and party …

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Gender Segregation in Employment Contracts

Petrongolo, Barbara - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004

This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EUcountries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobsin all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflectswomen¿s preferences and their need...

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Public Policy and the Labor Market Adjustment of New Immigrants to Australia

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Two separate cohorts of immigrants to Australia are compared in order to assess the potential role of immigrant selection criteria, labor market conditions, and income-support policy in facilitating the labor market adjustment of new arrivals. Although these two cohorts entered Australia only...

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Generating Legitimacy for Labor Market and Welfare State Reforms: The Role of Policy Advice in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Eichhorst, Werner; Wintermann, Ole - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

Policy advice can help political actors design and implement institutional reforms through the generation of political and substantial legitimacy. This article clarifies the institutional preconditions of effective supply and transfer of policy advice with particular respect to the field of...

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'The' Market for Higher Education: Does It Really Exist?

Becker, William E.; Round, David K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Higher education, like any other commodity or service, has been viewed in a variety of economic frameworks. Little of … education, which is the subject of this particular inquiry. Market definition is an essential preliminary step before any … higher education, those who provide inputs into the education process, or those who fund or otherwise subsidize it. The …

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The Endogenous Determination of Minimum Wage

Epstein, Gil S.; Nitzan, Shmuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

In this paper we study the endogenous determination of minimum wage employing a political-economic game-theoretic approach. A major objective of the paper is to clarify the crucial role of the strength of the workers’ union and of political culture on the determination of the minimum wage. In...

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